“Our expansion plans are substantial considering the current size of our frozen business,” said Oakland International MD Dean Attwell. “We have a clear focus to deliver strong, organic growth with our existing clients and really focus on our customer service while keeping close to our retailers. The demand for increased capacity has been driven by our focus on providing additional tempering contracts and the rapid growth of our retail platform models.
“In addition to expanding our cold store, we have now put in a planning application for a new 60,0000 sq ft of extra ambient and chilled storage with construction planned to take place during 2015, creating between 60 and 90 more jobs over the next 18 months to support our retail, discount and convenience sector activity.”
Working with around 200 suppliers to deliver product into the multiples, discount and convenience sectors, Oakland added a further 15,000 sq ft of chilled space to handle the Christmas rush and first quarter activity of 2014.
Alongside this, it also invested heavily in co-packing lines, adding five more packing lines to support its Christmas party food tempering and coding operation – a total investment of £200K.
Source: Oakland International
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